verb (used with object), heard [hurd] /hɜrd/ (Show IPA), hearing. 1. to perceive by the ear: Didn’t you hear the doorbell? 2. to learn by the ear or by being told; be informed of: to hear news. 3. to listen to; give or pay attention to: They refused to hear our side of the argument. 4. to be among the audience at or of (something): to hear a recital. 5. to give a formal, official, or judicial to (something); consider officially, as a judge, sovereign, teacher, or assembly: to hear a case. 6. to take or listen to the evidence or testimony of (someone): to hear the defendant. 7. to listen to with favor, assent, or compliance. 8. (of a computer) to perceive by speech recognition.verb (used without object), heard [hurd] /hɜrd/ (Show IPA), hearing. 9. to be capable of perceiving sound by the ear; have the faculty of perceiving sound vibrations. 10. to receive information by the ear or otherwise: to hear from a friend. 11. to listen with favor, assent, or compliance (often followed by of): I will not hear of your going. 12. (of a computer) to be capable of perceiving by speech recognition. 13. (used as an interjection in the phrase Hear! Hear! to express approval, as of a speech). /hɪə/verb hears, hearing, heard (hɜːd) 1. (transitive) to perceive (a sound) with the sense of hearing 2. (transitive; may take a clause as object) to listen to: did you hear what I said? 3. when intr, sometimes foll by of or about; when tr, may take a clause as object. to be informed (of); receive information (about): to hear of his success, have you heard? 4. (law) to give a hearing to (a case) 5. when intr, usually foll by of and used with a negative. to listen (to) with favour, assent, etc: she wouldn’t hear of it 6. (intransitive) foll by from. to receive a letter, news, etc (from) 7. hear! hear!, an exclamation used to show approval of something said 8. (dialect) hear tell, to be told (about); learn (of)

For spelling, see see head (n.); spelling distinction between hear and here developed 1200-1550. Old English also had the excellent adjective hiersum “ready to hear, obedient,” literally “hear-some” with suffix from handsome, etc. Hear, hear! (1680s) was originally imperative, used as an exclamation to call attention to a speaker’s words; now a general cheer of approval. Originally it was hear him!

[heer] /hɪər/ verb (used with object), heard [hurd] /hɜrd/ (Show IPA), hearing. 1. to perceive by the ear: Didn’t you hear the doorbell? 2. to learn by the ear or by being told; be informed of: to hear news. 3. to listen to; give or pay attention to: They refused to hear our side of […]

[heer] /hɪər/ verb (used with object), heard [hurd] /hɜrd/ (Show IPA), hearing. 1. to perceive by the ear: Didn’t you hear the doorbell? 2. to learn by the ear or by being told; be informed of: to hear news. 3. to listen to; give or pay attention to: They refused to hear our side of […]

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